It is now possible to report that school teacher Jeremy Forrest appeared in court on child abduction charges, after a magistrate court relaxed an unusual court order that had prevented the defendant from being named.

Ten media organisations came together to succesfully challenge a court order originally made at Eastbourne magistrates that had made it impossible to name the 30-year-old secondary school teacher.

The overturned restriction had meant that previous reporting of the judicial proceedings was highly restricted: a short BBC report on 11 October was headlined: "Man in East Sussex court on child abduction charge".

Following the succesful challenge a revised court order was issued by Hastings magistrates court today.

Those challenging the order included broadcasters, the BBC and ITN, local newspaper group Newsquest – and the publishers of the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror, the Sun, the Daily Telegraph, the Independent, the Evening Standard and the Times.

Forrest is being held on remand awaiting trial.

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